Four million children not achieving five GCSE passes

A new study has claimed that an entire generation of children has been let down by the Labour government’s education policy.

The report reveals that almost a million teenagers failed to achieve even the lowest grade – a G – in five GCSEs since the party have come to power.

The worrying statistics also reveal that despite billions of pounds of investment, four million young people have fallen short of achieving even the basic grades A-C.

The report by the Bow Group also highlights employer’s lack of interest in people without five good GCSE grades. And, a survey by the Learning and Skills Council found more than 20 per cent of employers would not recruit teenagers without the basic five GCSE grades or a vocational equivalent, whilst 15 per cent said they would ignore the CVs completely.

The report also highlighted the fact that spending on each pupil had risen dramatically since Labour came to power, from £2,910 in 1997 to £5,080 last year

Parents groups said it was time for the government to find out why, despite increased spending and a mantra of ‘education, education, education,’ some children in the UK were still being failed by the education system.

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